Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-11-23
Seraps aud faGts.

Lawrence, Mass, chairman, will compile
the returns and present them to Congress.
An agent of the Colombian govern
ment, sent to make an inspection of the
Panama canal, reports that the total cost
Of the canal will probably reach the enor-
NOUS sum Of 3,012, 495, 900 francs, or $780,
100000. The report says that the company
will find it difficult to obtain the requisite
fabulous sum required, and the financial
situation of the company is serious, is in
volved, and is alarming.
- Hon. Jefferson Davis wound, which
still causes him much pain, was received
at the battle of Buena Vista, where Davis,
then 8 colonel, formed his Mississippi reg
iment, charged on the flank of the adj
vancing Mexicans and saved Capt. Bragg's
q musket ball struck Col. Davis on the
right foot, entering the arch between the
ankle and the toes, and passed through,
coming out at the heel.
.-Ex-Senator Nj Donald, of Indiana, says
that, in his opinion, the recent New York
election has demonstrated the impossibili-
ty of forming 6 labor party on q single is
sue, and that next year the Presidential
contest would be narrowed down to the
two great parties, with the Democratic
party in the lead. He was inclined to the
belief that the leaders would be the same
as in 18S4-Blaine for the Republicans and
Cleveland for the Democrats.
Senator Edmunds is reported to have
recently said: "My postal telegraph bill
will be brought up again soon after Con-
gress meets. The bill provides in brief
that the Government shall construct its
W telegraph lines between large cities
first, and thence extend them further, as
the necessities of the people and business
seem to require. I do not advocate the
purchase of existing lines or of leasing the
lines of other companies"
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
National Women's Christian Temperance
Union, in session last week at Nashville,
Tennessee, calls attention to the fact that
it is the largest organization ever estab-
lished and conducted by women. 1t has
a membership of 200,0 00, and with its ten
thousand local auxiliaries extends over
thirty-eight States and Territories. Miss
Frances E. Willard, its efficient president,
has done much to make the society the
success it is.
Full returns Of the recent election for
members of the Virginia General Assem-
bly, show that the complexion OF the new
body will be as follows: Senate, Demo-
CIdl6 ~ ICOpuO1kS0Ao Z AASooS WV
gates, Democrats 81 Republicans 3S; In
dependent Republican l Democratic ma
iority on Joint ballot "a. The official can
vass of the returns will not be made until
the 18th instant, but the above figure will
not be changed. There will probably be
several contests.
The Amsterdam, n. Y, Recorder of
last Friday says: An aerolite weighing
three tons dropped with a loud report in
front of the Merchants National Bank on
East Main street at II 20 this morning,
making deep indentation in the ground.
Great excitement was created by the &C.
currence, and large crowds viewed the &C.
lestial visitor. Local experts find traces
of iron, nickel, aluminium and other met
ais in the aerolite.
"A dinner party was given n day last
week in Franklin parish, La, and ten of
the guests died, as alleged from eating the
dressing of turkey. The wife of Mr.. King,
on whose place the poisoning occurred,
and her daughter, the women being 81 and
Is years old respectively, were arrested as
principals. Old man King was ambushed
and shot and killed. The preliminary trial
of Mrs. King and her daughter is fixed for
will both be lynched by the excited neigh
bors.
The twenty-frst annual session of the
National Grange began in Lansing, Mich
igan, last Wednesday. Nearly every State
in the Union was represented. On Thurs
day the Secretary and the Treasurer made
their reports. The former showed satisfac-
tory progress of the order. There were
one hundred and forty original charters is
sued during the year. The treasurer re-
ported q balance on hand of $8,054. Him
dis, Georgia, Delaware, Connecticut and
Alabama reported large gains during the
year. Resolutions were introduced and
referred favoring the establishment of a
postal telegraph, changing section 4 OF the
Interstate law, asking for q law prohibit
ing the adulteration of food and dealing
in futures, and asking for representation
in the Cabinet. At an open meeting
Thursday afternoon Gov. Luce delivered
an address of welcome, which was re-
sponded to by Worthy Master Dardf. Ad-
dresses were also delivered by Hon. j. N.
Lipscomb, of South Carolina, and others.
The statue of Gen. John Cabell Brock
enridge, which was unveiled at Licking
ton, KY, on Wednesday, is of heroic size,
being eight feet in height, representing
Breckenridge in the dress of a civilian in
the act of delivering an address. During
the late war Mr.. Breckenridge was a con-
spicuous and familiar figure in Richmond,
and next to the famous leader, Lee, was
thought to be the handsomest man ever
seen in the saddle in the South. He was
q superb horseman. Thepose ofthe bronze
figure is natural and graceful. The left
foot is slightly advanced, and the weight
of the body rests upon the right leg and
left hand, which is resting on a column.
The right arm is extended with hand open
and palm upward. The strikingly hand
some and Intellectual features and noble
head are admirably represented, and the
whole figure is animated and full oflife.
The decision of the Supreme Court Of
Utah ordering the appointment of a re-
ceiver for the Mormon church property in
excess of the statutory limit of $4,000,
ton of that community. Able lawyers
were employed upon both sides, and the
whole subject was thoroughly argued.
The church leaders had attempted to COM
piicate matters by securing the appoint
ment of trustees under the the Tucker-Ed-
munds act before the federal authorities
had had an opportunity to act, but the Or
der of a probate judge is swept aside, and
that immense property which the saints
have accumulated will now 60 into the
hands of an officer duly commissioned to
manage it. The act to ~discorporate the
church of Latter Day Saints provides that
the property confscated shall be devoted
to the public schools of the territory, but
before that point is reached the church
lawyers will probably appeal the case to
the United States Supreme Court.
, In a recent speech, Mrs. NJ. D. Salter,
mayor ofArgonia, Kansas, said: "Myelec-
ton was the result of a practical joke on
the part of the enemies of woman's suf-
frage, but the scheme leaked out on the